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Test Match Special received two awards this week ahead of its ball-by-ball coverage of England's tour of Bangladesh on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 5 Live Sports Extra and ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4 Long Wave.

The programme received the Radio Programme award from the Sports Journalists' Association and TMS presenter Jonathan Agnew received the plaudits in the Radio Broadcaster section.

The commentary team for the first Test starting tomorrow (12 March) from Chittagong will include Simon Mann, Simon Hughes and Bangladesh broadcaster Shamim Chowdhury.

The expert summarisers for the tour will be former England all-rounder Dominic Cork, Mark Butcher – who was part of the last England team to tour Bangladesh – and former Bangladesh batsman Athar Ali Khan.

There will also be regular news and updates throughout the tour on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 5 Live.

Following the tour of Bangladesh, England travel to the West Indies to compete in the ICC World Twenty20 which starts on 30 April.

Then they return to the UK for a demanding summer of matches including games against Bangladesh, Australia and Pakistan.

Test Match Special will have ball-by-ball commentary on all the summer fixtures including the neutral international games between Pakistan and Australia where the commentary team will include Jonathan Agnew and England's most successful captain of all time, Michael Vaughan.

Broadcast details

Friday 12 to Tuesday 16 March 2010
First Test Match
Bangladesh v England, Chittagong, 3.30am

Saturday 20 to Wednesday 24 March 2010
Second Test Match
Bangladesh v England, Mirpur, 3.30am

Notes to Editors

You can get in touch with the programme by emailing tms@bbc.co.uk or texting 84040.

Test Match Special is broadcast on Radio 4 LW (198) and on 5 Live Sports Extra (DAB digital radio, digital tv and online).

The TMS Podcast, providing expert analysis at the end of each day's play of the Test series, and after every ODI, will be available to download at www.bbc.co.uk/radio/podcasts/tms.

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